KUALA LUMPUR – America has lifted a ban on Malaysian glove maker Brightway Group, permitting the agency to renew gross sales of its merchandise within the nation practically three years after being sanctioned for alleged labour abuses.
The U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) had barred imports of disposable gloves produced by three Brightway subsidiaries in December 2021 over suspected pressured labour practices.
In an announcement issued late on Friday, the CBP stated Brightway and its subsidiaries have been allowed to renew exports to america from Oct. 11 after the corporate had “taken actions to totally remediate the pressured labour indicators inside its manufacturing course of”.
Brightway didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
In 2021, the CBP stated 10 of the 11 pressured labour indicators recognized by the Worldwide Labour Group had been present in Brightway’s manufacturing course of.
The ILO’s pressured labour indicators embody extreme hours, debt bondage, bodily and sexual violence, and abusive working and dwelling circumstances. The CBP didn’t specify in its 2021 assertion which 10 of the 11 indicators it stated had been breached.
Malaysia, an enormous producer of medical gloves, depends upon thousands and thousands of migrant staff for its factories however has confronted allegations of exploitation throughout key export-oriented industries over time.
